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Due to our transition to the new, united standard of position aggregation, starting from 9:00 AM (terminal time) on December 3rd, 2018, USDRUR and EURRUR will be available for trading in Close Only mode, which means that you will only be able to close the already existing positions. All positions involving these instruments that aren’t closed by 31.12.2018 will be force-closed at market prices as of the end of the trading, and all delayed orders will be removed.

Also, starting from 9:00 AM (terminal time) on December 3rd, 2018, the following symbols will become available for trading USDRUB и EURRUB with these specifications:

SYMBOL SYMBOL DESCRIPTION LOT SIZE TICK SIZE SPREAD MARGIN (%)

USDRUB US Dollar vs Russian Rouble 100000 USD 0,00001 40000 4%

EURRUB Euro vs Russian Rouble 100000 EUR 0,00001 35000 4%

Please, take this information into account when planning your trading activities. If your have any questions, please, don’t hesitate to contact our client support by email: [email protected] or via LiveChat on our website.

A popular trading platform Trading Platform 5, the next generation of Trading Platform 4 terminal, is now available for the clients of Grand Capital. As its predecessor, the new version offers a user-friendly interface, a wide range of tools, locked positions, while introducing a variety of significant improvements.

The platform’s developers have considerably reworked its analytics functionality: 21 timeframes, economic calendar right on the chart, 80 tools for analysis.

Platform 5 also features a host of advanced trading functions. Primarily, it’s netting and hedging systems for orders accounting, depth of market, separate accounting of orders and trades.

Practitioners of algorithmic trading will appreciate the special MQL5 framework which allows to create and test complex expert advisors. Moreover, the virtual hosing ensures seamless operation on robots and trading signals.

Currently, there’s a vast number of user-created solutions for trading. Its creators often share them with the community for free, your can find them in Trading Platform Market.

How to start?

Install Platform 5 on your PC or mobile devise (iOS and Android).

In order to start trading in Platform 5, you need to open a special Platform 5 account. Trading on Platform 5 means more instruments, spread from 0.4, wide range of functions and fast execution.

Main specifications:

• Spread from 0.4
• 389 trading instruments
• Deposit from $100
• Account currency: USD
• Leverage up to 1:100

Open account

Dear clients!

On December 1st, from 12:00 PM to 2:00 AM (server time), сryptoсurrency instruments will be unavailable for trading due to scheduled maintenance. Trading will be resumed upon the end of the maintenance.

Please, take this information into account when planning your trading activities.

Should you need any further information, please do not hesitate to contact us: [email protected] or via LiveChat on our website.

Grand Capital team

On November 21st, the Financial Commission announced its decision to raise the status of Grand Capital in the organization’s rating of brokers to Category A.

The Financial Commission (Finacom) is an independent international body that acts as an arbitrator in trading disputes. 30 international brokerage companies are members of Finacom, which means that their priority is building trust-based relationship with clients and transparent partnership.

Grand Capital has been a participant and partner of Finacom since 2016. During these two years, the company has proved itself to be a responsible broker who is actively contributing to the development of technology that improves the transparency of trading on OTC markets and became the first company to launch a blockchain platform Serenity for their clients.

What does Category A mean for traders?

Assigning Category A is indicative of the regulator’s trust towards a brokerage company. Besides, this status means faster reviewing of claims and increases the compensation that traders receive if a dispute is resolved in their favor up to €20,000.

Our guarantees for traders

We are not only actively cooperating with Finacom, but we also test new hi-tech solutions to provide traders with guarantees of transparent trading. In October 2018, we integrated Serenity Escrow, a platform for secure storage of funds. Trading in the escrow is available right now for all clients of Grand Capital.

It’s commonly believed that trading with contest funds is easier than with your own, since regardless of the result, the trader doesn’t lose anything. This means that trading doesn’t feel the same: the sense of risk is dulled, the courage is stronger. Is it really so? Normally, a trader sets only one goal: get as much profit as possible. In a way, traders are competing with themselves. However, in a contest, traders have to achieve the best result and beat all the opponents. That’s why the winners are usually traders with a certain level of experience. In this interview round-up we talked to the winners of Drag Trade, Rally Trade and Futures Trade. They all have been in trading for quite some time and each one of them has their own ambitions.

Eronini Job, Nigeria, the winner of 269th round of Futures Trade, received $1,000 no-deposit bonus

I’m 33, self-employed, have been into trading for over 11 yeas. I’ve had a passion towards trading on exchange as long as I remember. I admire those who’ve achieved professional success in this field. I like trading because it allows to earn quickly, while using reliable methods. My preferred instrument is oil futures, and my most successful and unsuccessful trades involved its purchase or sale, in one way or another. Although I’ve been trading in financial markets for quite some time, it’s still difficult for me to identify trends and I base my strategies on price action, levels of support and resistance, market correction. I chose Grand Capital because of they’re reliable, provide fast withdrawal and small spread. My word of advice for beginners: don’t lose faith in yourself, be disciplined and learn to control your emotions.

Akbar Amjad, Pakistan, the winner of the 440th round of Drag Trade, received real $200

My name is Akbar Amjad, I’m 32, I live in Pakistan and Forex trading is my hobby. I’ve been trading for 3 years, I learned it thanks to advice from my friends and online courses. My dream is to make a trillion dollars with Forex trading. My biggest mistake was selling gold when its price was going up and I had the chance to close the position with more profit.

I picked Grand Capital because I like their fast execution, variety of payment options, responsive client support. The round of Drag Trade which I won was difficult, but I managed to do it thanks to my ability to control emotions. I recommend novice traders to follow the trend and choose long-term trading instead of scalping.

Rease Loga, Belgium, the winner of the 232nd round of Rally Trade, received $500 no-deposit bonus

My name is Rease Loga, I’m 36. I’m a tailor, but in my free time I trade on exchange. I’m planning to make trading my second occupation and receive steady income. My most successful case of trading happened when I was news trading GBP/USD (I made $1,450), while the worst one was a trade involving gold (I lost about $3,000). I won this round of Rally Trade because of my patience and control over trades.

Dear clients!

On November 26th, 2018, the contract month will be updated for Natural Gas Futures. Brent Crude Futures, Harbor ULSD Futures, RBOB Gasoline Futures. NGG9, BRNH9, HOH9 and XRBG9 contracts will become available for trading.

Also, we’re bringing to your attention that the formula for calculation of margin and profit for all the instruments mentioned above and all the following futures (including DX. ES. FCE, FDAX, FTSE, NQ, YM) will be changed to “CFD” from November 3rd, 2018.

Margin calculation formula: [lots*contract_size*market_price*percentage/100].

Profit calculation formula: [(close_price – open_price)*contract_size*lots]

Please, take this information into account when planning your trading activity. If you have any questions, please, contact our client support by email [email protected] or via LiveChat on our website.

Grand Capital Team

Dear clients!

In observance of the upcoming Thanksgiving Day in the US, trading schedule will be changed on 22–23 of November, 2018. Please refer to the table below for the schedule for all instruments that are subject to change:

*EET Time (GMT+2)

Trading for the mentioned symbols will be resumed as usual from 26th of November, 2018.

If you have any questions, please contact us at [email protected] or via LiveChat on our website.

Grand Capital Team

Dear clients,

Due to a technical malfunction during the 445th round of Drag Trade, the contest winners were announced incorrectly.

The updated leaderboard is already on our website.

We apologize for any inconveniences caused by the accident. You can test your skills again on November 16th, in the 446th round.

Sign-up for the contest right now.

Grand Capital Team

Dear clients!

We’re bringing to your attention that on November 17th, 2018, from 12:00 PM to 2:00 AM (server time), the instruments in CRYPTO CCY category will be unavailable for trading due to maintenance. The instruments will become available for trading after the maintenance work is completed.

Please, take this information into account while planning your trading activities. If you have any questions, please, contact us by email [email protected] or via LiveChat on our website. Our employees will be glad to help you!

Grand Capital Team

The winner of the 68th round of Future Trade is Zyaki Siafetdinov from Kazan, Russia. In this interview he told Grand Capital how his education in math influenced his trading success and why he’s been trading with us for a long time.

1. Tell us a little about yourself. How old are you? What do you do? What are your hobbies?

I’m 58. I’m a private security guard and my schedule is very convenient, 24-hours work day followed by 3 days-off. This means I have lots of free time and I can spend it on something I’m interested in.

2. How and why did you become a trader? How long have you been trading?

I was first introduced to trading in 2010, but did not start doing it in earnest until 2012. I’ve been a client of Grand Capital since 2011.

I studied math, so I really like making charts and doing technical analysis to predict price movements on various timeframes.

3. What do you like about being a trader?

Trading is a very prestigious occupation, but it takes a whole lifetime to master. The market always has some surprises in store, you must be ready for them.

4. Tell us about your most memorable trade?

It was  cross currency trade involving the GBP. I didn’t close it in the end of the week, and on Monday it was executed with a 120 pip gap, 4 symbols in my favor. Imagine my surprise when I saw +$1,200 on my account! I was over the moon.

5. How did you learn trading? What difficulties did you encounter?

I learned trading by myself, nowadays there are piles of literature available for free and video lessons on the subject. In addition to that, when I was just starting out, I took paid Forex trading courses that focused on channel strategies a lot. I still use the knowledge I got there in trading.

6. What CFD instruments do you prefer?

I like trading Brent oil most of all, though its chart is often fickle.

7. Tell us about your strategies. What’s the most successful?

My trading strategy is based on the lines of support and resistance on the D1 timeframe. A trade is opened when this line is breached and the direction of the price movement is confirmed. 1-2 trades are opened in a day. I started using it about two years ago and I’m still polishing it. The strategy proves itself successful if you know how to use oscillators and indicators.

8. What do you consider when choosing a broker?

When choosing a broker, I pay attention to how their trading platform works, how fast trades are executed, their spread, diversity and quantity of instruments they offer. Besides, a client support chat where you can ask a question and get a prompt answer is important. Grand Capital meets all these requirements.

9. Why did you choose a contest for futures trading?

I’ve been meaning to take the main prize in this contest for quite some time. Traders from all over the world participate in it, and I wanted to test myself and my trading system. I think it went well.

10. Share your impressions from this contest? What helped you win?

The contest itself was pretty intense, every day I had to choose an instrument that would yield decent result, perform technical analysis, follow the news and not let myself despair when trades didn’t work out. In the end, I managed it.

11. What do you like about Grand Capital contests? What can be improved?

There are contests to fit every taste at Grand Capital. I remember participating in Drag Trade back in 2012 and taking 2nd and 3rd places. Very exciting contest. I think all top three places should receive reward. Also, it would be nice to see the results posted on the forum.

12. What’s your advice for beginners?

I can only recommend to study more, search for your strategy and test it, read forums and watch video lessons. If you’re doing it with passion and interest, you will definitely see the result.